Oil prices rise as demand outlook brightens
Oil prices were lower on Friday but on course for weekly gains, the third in a row in the case of Brent as the clean-up after hurricane in the United States gathers pace and the outlook for demand...
View ArticleStrike: FG, non-teaching varsity workers reach agreement
The Federal Government and the Joint Action Committee of the non-teaching staff of Nigerian Universities have reached an agreement over the ongoing strike by the workers. The Minister of Labour and...
View ArticleDon’t blame us for North Korea, says China
China condemned North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan on Friday, but said it was “irresponsible” to blame Beijing for regional tensions after Washington urged it to rein in its ally....
View Article30 killed in Lagos-Ibadan highway crash
An auto accident on the Lagos-Ibadan highway has claimed 30 lives on Thursday night. Spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abuja on Friday....
View ArticleCourt arraigns man over alleged unlawful possession of dangerous weapons
A 32-year-old man, James Atewei, was on Friday arraigned at an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court, Ondo State for unlawful possession of dangerous weapons. The accused is standing trial on a two-count of...
View ArticleNigeria presides over 3rd Plenary of UNWTO General Assembly
Nigeria on Friday presided over the 3rd Plenary of the ongoing 22nd General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in Chengdu, China. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji...
View ArticleUPDATED: 22 injured in London Underground bomb attack
At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. Witnesses...
View ArticleWe must be proactive and nasty, Trump says in reaction to London Green Tube...
President Donald Trump has said that for war against terrorism to be won, his country must be “proactive and nasty.” He said this in a series of tweets via his verified Twitter handle. Condemning the...
View ArticleAtiku: APC denies asking Alhassan to resign
National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party had not asked Women Affairs Minister, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, to resign over her recent comments in the...
View Article815 million people hungry globally – UN
A UN report has shown that the total number of people who did not have enough to eat has increased to 815 million in 2016 as against 777 million in 2015. According to The State of Food Insecurity and...
View ArticleCAN calls for caution, berates ‘warmongers’
The Kaduna State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria on Friday called on all Nigerians of goodwill to help promote peace. Secretary of the association in the state, Rev. Sunday Ibrahim, made...
View ArticleLondon train attackers known to police, Trump says
US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted the “loser terrorists” behind the train attack in London, blaming perpetrators that he said had been “in the sights of Scotland Yard.” Twenty-two people...
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PHOTOS: London underground train attack
At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. See photos of...
View ArticleBuhari meets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Aso Rock
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed with the visiting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Ugandan President was received on arrival by...
View ArticleTwo men allegedly robbed residents with toy gun in Lagos
Two men, Ahmed Ogunjimi and Rasidi Abiola, who allegedly broke into some houses and robbed residents of their valuables with a toy gun, were on Friday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos....
View ArticleUNGA: Buhari travels to New York Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari is to leave Abuja on Sunday for New York to join other world leaders at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). The President’s Special Adviser,...
View Article27 killed in cattle raid, five children abducted
Twenty-seven people have been killed and five children abducted in separate cattle raids in South Sudan, local official, James Mawein, said on Friday. Thursday night fighting between two ethnic clans...
View ArticleDHQ declares IPOB a terrorist organisation
The Defence Headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a “militant terrorist organisation’’ and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. In a statement in...
View ArticlePolice dismiss CSP for killing Enugu resident
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Police Service Commission has dismissed a Chief Superintendent of Police for unlawful exercise of authority, discreditable conduct and for making false report. The officer...
View ArticleBrothers arraigned for allegedly gang-raping 13-year-old girl
Two brothers, who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl, were on Friday charged before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused– Ope Adekola, 20, and Saheed Adekola, 18, who both reside in...
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